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PIXAR-like Shorts: Films for Literary Devices Elements Theme Characters Plot SEL

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My students loved this activity! The connection to the movie caught their attention from the start. They also noted the student friendly layout.
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Teach literary elements using this Pixar-like animated short film , Carl & Ellie from the movie UP! It is a highly engaging way to teach character traits, theme, and dialogue.

This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis of Carl and Ellie and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make realistic and fascinating stories. They will learn how to trace the conflict to determine theme.

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Film Summary: Childhood friends become sweethearts who share a dream of making it to Paradise Falls. The short film centers on their life and trials as they try to save money for their dream. But, Ellie becomes sick and Carl must go on without her. A beautiful theme emerges: Life is about the journey, not the destination.

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Google Slides Includes:

Character Traits:

  • Thoughts & Feelings
  • Appearance
  • Speech & Dialogue
  • Actions
  • Other Character Reactions

Activities:

Analyze each character for each of the traits

  • Discover how authors use character traits to help develop THEME
  • 8 Written responses
  • Dialogue script writing
  • Conflict timeline
  • Ellie's dream timeline
  • Core questions

ANSWERS AND SAMPLE RESPONSES INCLUDED FOR EVERYTHING

INCLUDES:

  • 3 Formats Google Slides, PowerPoint, PDF (but specifically designed for slides)
  • Clear directions for students so you can simply share and go
  • Embedded Pixar short video

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Total Pages
41 Including ANSWER KEYS
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Teaching Duration
3 days
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Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

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